John I think it is important to try things out on a blank document first, before trying it on the real thing. I hadn't seen your post of 4:01 for some reason. However I did what you said and it didn't work. Got the same problem.

So, I am going to suggest that Kat tries this with a new document first and then apply that logic to her document(s). It requires opening a new document and creating 4 sections and then going through how to change the numbering for each section. Once Kat has that procedure in place she can then try the same on her document. So here goes.

1. Create a new document
2. Click on the Page Layout Ribbon on the toolbar
3. Look for the Breaks option and when you have found it, click on the drop down icon.
4. You should get a list of options. Notice the group of options for section break. Click on the one that says Next Page.
5. You should now be in page 2.

Repeat steps 2 to 5 two more times, so that you have 4 sections in the document.

Now do the following. Go to section 2 and click in the header section at the top of that page.

6. Look for the ribbon menu that says Insert and click on it.
7. Find the footer option and click on the drop down icon.
8. Look for the menu that says Edit Footer... and click on it.
9. Look for the icon that says Link To Previous and click on it. That will disconnect section 1 & 2. Now click in the footer of section.
10 On the same ribbon look for the icon for Page Number and click on it.
11. From the list click on Current Position > and click on Plain Number. You should see 2 appear in the footer.
12. We are now going to tell Word that we want to start with 1. We have already told Word that the previous section should not be linked.
13. Click on the Page Number icon and select the menu choice that says Format Page Numbers...
14. In the dialogue box, look at the section that says Page Numbering.
15. Click on the radio button for for Start At. You should see a 1 appear to the right.
16. Click on OK.


Now click in the header of section 3 and then click on the Link to Previous button and then click in the footer of that section.
Repeat steps 10 to 16

Now click in the header of section 4 and then click on the Link to Previous button and then click in the footer of that section.
Repeat steps 10 to 16

Each section is now totally seperate.

You should then be able to apply that logic to your real document.